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Johnson doubles down as Brexit deadline approaches

  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers an address, May 10, 2020, on lifting the United Kingdom’s lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing for what could be a make-or-break Brexit meeting with EU leaders as soon as next we...
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War unlikely but not unthinkable 75 years on from VE Day

  • Crowds celebrate VE Day in Trafalgar Square, London, 8 May, 1945. (AFP) Friday marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day — a momentous moment in the Second World War, which remains the largest armed conflict in human history. Three-quarters of a century o...
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Why Europe has made boosting Africa ties an urgent priority 

  • Ursula von der Leyen and Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Courtesy European Commision) The new European Commission is this week marking its first 100 days in office with key achievements, including a new industrial strat...
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Challenges aplenty as UK and EU ‘get Brexit started’

  • Boris Johnson and the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. (AFP) This week’s first round of EU-UK negotiations on a new trade and wider partnership concludes on Thursday. With the final form of the UK’s departure from the EU still far from clear, this under...
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UK faces a rocky road ahead after Brexit

  • The UK has begun what it asserts will be the country’s most sweeping defense and security review since the end of the Cold War.  But while Prime Minister Boris Johnson is eager to explore the potential opportunities of the post-Brexit landscape, the challenges are mounting too. Two of th...
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Africa’s rising star attracts world powers

  • Mike Pompeo on Saturday began his first trip to Africa as US secretary of state with stop-offs in Senegal, Angola, and Ethiopia.  Yet, while his focus on the continent has been welcomed by allies, it comes after more than three years of US diplomatic neglect of the increasingly important r...
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Why Trump’s problem with Kim isn’t going away

  • As China prepares to host talks this week with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, North Korea may rise to the top of agenda after Kim Jong Un raised the specter of a year-end provocation (a “Christmas gift”) for Donald Trump. The “new path” Pyongyang has threat...
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Post-Brexit foreign policy a key issue for UK election winner

  • Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn square off. (Reuters) Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday night took part in their first televised debate of the general election campaign. What was striking, as has been true across the campaign so far, was a lack of substantive discussion ...
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Brexit moves one step forward, one step back

  • Boris Johnson has scored a symbolic win with his victory by 329 votes to 299 at the second reading of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill. (AP Photo) Boris Johnson scored a symbolic win, but also suffered a significant reversal, in Tuesday’s dramatic night of Hous...
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Why Brexit risks breaking up Britain

  • Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon confirmed on Tuesday that she will, before the end of this year, ask the UK government to approve another independence referendum. With Brexit the immediate trigger for the decision, it is increasingly possible that the 2020s could — tragical...
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